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BooksLesson code: GQNS-JSPB-FHX2-G

1 Warm-up

How many different kinds of book can you think of? Continue the list below.

a travel guide a novel a self-help book a dictionary an autobiography a best seller

2 Describing a book

Study the sentences below. What types of books are they describing?

1. The book includes some interesting facts about the private life of Ghandi .

2. The book provides fascinating information on where to stay, eat and go out in Athens.

3. The book is about the adventures of a young wizard called Harry.

4. The book teaches people how to improve their confidence and well-being.

5. The book has sold more copies than any other publication in its genre.

Work in pairs. Take turns to describe a book using vocabulary in this exercise.

3 Adjectives for describing books

Study the following adjectives and put them into the correct categories below:

amusing boring brilliant captivating confusing deep

easy-to-read enjoyable entertaining funny hard-to-read hilarious

inaccurate informative predictable silly uninformative well-written

Positive:

Negative:

Work in pairs. Think about a book you have read recently. Give one positive sentence and one negativesentence about it like in the example below. Make your descriptions more natural and interesting byusing qualifying adverbs such as `a bit', `a little', `slightly', `quite', `fairly', `very', `really', `extremely'.

I found it extremely informative, but it was a bit confusing at times.

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4 Retelling a story

When retelling what happens in a book (or film), we often use the present simple. Here are someexamples.

In the book, Gatsbyfallsin love with a woman called Daisy.

The main charactertravelsinto space.

At the end of the book, Bond finally meetshis enemy.

Work in pairs. Think about a book you have read (or a film you have seen). Describe the story in a fewsentences using the present simple.

5 Practice

Work in pairs. Take turns to select and talk about one of the cue cards below. Try to use vocabularyfrom this lesson. Remember, you have 1 minute to take notes and 1-2 minutes for talking.

Describe a book that you have read recently. You should say:

- what type of book it is

- what it is about

- how long it took to read

And say what you thought about it.

Describe a book that you enjoyed. You should say:

- what type of book it is

- what it is about

- when you read it

And say why you liked it.

Describe a book you are reading. You should say:

- what it is about

- when you read it

- how long you have been reading it for

And say what you like about it.

You can review our worksheets online. Lesson code: GQNS-JSPB-FHX2-G 2/2If this worksheet has a lesson code, go to www.linguahouse.com/exand enter the code.

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1-Warm-up

Possible answers: a coursebook, a journal, an encyclopedia, a history book, fiction/non-fiction, a cookbook, a

religious book

2-Describing a book

Possible answers:

1. an autobiography

2. a travel guide3. a novel

4. a self-help book5. a best seller

3-Adjectives for describing books

Positive: amusing, captivating, funny, hilarious, deep, informative, enjoyable, brilliant, easy-to-read,entertaining, well-written

Negative: boring, confusing, uninformative, silly, hard-to-read, predictable, inaccurate

5-Practice

Monitor the activity. Students should always give a relevant answer. If they are not reading a book at the moment

and are given the third cue card, encourage them to talk about a book they have read in the past. However, they

should explain to the examiner why they are talking about the past, e.g. `Well, I'm not reading anything at the

moment because I don't have the time, so I'm going to tell you about a book I read last year. It's called ...'

You can review our worksheets online. Lesson code: GQNS-JSPB-FHX2-G iIf this worksheet has a lesson code, go to www.linguahouse.com/exand enter the code.

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